Result based on fragmentary lightcurve(s), may be completely wrong. Published Reference List: [Warner, B.D.; Erasmus, N. (2019) Minor Planet Bull. 46, 166-179.]
Discovered 2000 Mar. 10 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team at Socorro.
Named in honor of August J. Steigmeyer for achievement as a finalist in the 2001 Discovery Young Scientist Challenge (DYSC), a middle school science competition. August is a student at the Canterbury School, Ft. Wayne, Indiana.
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